The Sun. — London, England, 1864-04-20 00:00:00

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden. From this time mita the end of the season there will be four Opora nights, in each week, viz., every Monday., Tuesday, Thursday, ti.nd Saturday. Subsc'ziption Night, in lieu of Saturday, .A.ugn st 6. Third Appearance of Sig or Wachte in 11 Troi atore. d. Appearance of Mademoiselle uebtini TO-MORROW (Thursday', April 21, will be performed Verdi's opera, IL TROVATORE. Leonora, Didil e. Auto riietta Fried ; Inez, Mdlle. Anese ; Azuoena, Mdlle. Des inn ; II Conte di Luna, Signor co onese, his second appearance in Eng and ; Fernandez, Signor Tagtialico ; Ruiz, Si g nor Lucchesi ; Un Zingaro, Signor Rossi ; and Manrico, Signor Wacatel. Conductor, Mr. Costa. Commence at half past Eight. • Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre sta.ls, 10s. 6d., 75., and ss. ; amphitheatre. 2s. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be hac.l at the box-offic under the portico of the thea,re, which is open from ten to five, and ac the principal musicsellers' and THEATRE ROYAL DR U R Y-L AN E. Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, (for the Benefit of Mr. Wa'ter Lacy) Ecene from T WEL FTH NIGH 1. Miss Heath, &*. Songs of Avon. Miss Edith Wynne, Mr. Swift. Aster which, will be prodeced the Grand Stage Revival of Shalc , pere's Chr,nicle or Historical Play, entitled the First Part of HENRY THE FOURTH. The cast will include impersonations by those emine_it Xrtists, Mr. PHELPS, Mr. Walter Montgomery, Mr. Walter Lacy, Mr. Addison , Mr. Ryder, Mr. Robert Roxby, Mr. Barrett, Mr. E Phelps, Mr. Rayner, Mr. H. Vandenhoff, Mr. u. Belmore, Mr. Ellerton, Mr. Fitzjames, Mr. Neville ; Miss Edith Wynne, M ss R.: se Leclercq, 4nd Mrs. Edmund Fal coner, supported by all the Members of the Drury-lane Com pany. To conclude with AN APRIL FOOL. Mr. G. Belmore. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Ruckstone. THIS EVENING, April 20, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN: Messrs. tothern, Buckstone, Chippendale, Rogers, Clark, Gordon, Braid, &c. ; Mesdames Angel, Lindley, Bill, Harri 4, bnowden, &c After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENUS AND ADONIS. Messrs. Compton, Wm. Farren, Coe. &c. ; Mes dames Louise Keeley, Snowden, N elly Power, iaill, Wright, Aog . ers, &c. • To conclude with TURNING THE TABLES. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. TIIIS EVENING, DONNA DIANA. After which, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. The Two Dromios, by the Brothers Webb. To conclude with, 23d time, a new Farce, by J. M. Morton, Esq., entitled DRAWING-ROOM. SECOND FLOOR. AND ATTICS. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence With THE DAY AFTER THE FAIR: Messrs. Widdi combe, Garden, Moreland, and Miss E. Lavenu. A Ater which, at Eight o'clock, the 136th Night of BEL DESIONIO, a Love Story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian Chronicle Principal characters by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, J. Brougham, Emery, Morton, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, Collett, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, Miss E. Lavenu, Airs. Lee, Miss Elsworthy. The Public are entreated to take notice that No Charge is Made to the occupants of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either for play bills or for the safe keeping of hat, and cloaks, and teat the attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to receive any gratuities whatever. Box-office open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7. Afft. FECHTER bags to announce that the 1. whole profits of the First Night's Representa' ion of Hamlet will be divided between the NATIONAL SHAK SVEARE COMMIT I'EE and the DRAMATIC COLLEGE SCHOOLS FUND. Mr. FECHTER'S indisposition pre venting the production of Hamlet on the Evenin of he 23d, the LYCEIDI THEATRE wal be closed that night. STEW THE ATRE-RO YAL, ADELPHL— Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS : Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Billington, and Miss K.Kelly. At S. LEAH: Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Billington, Stuart, Eburne, Stephenson ; Miss H. Simms and Nlrs, Bilington. To vnclude with THE AREA BELLE : Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, K. Homer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. MISS BATEMAN.—L E A H.—THIb EVENING and EVERY EVENING.—Miss Bateman will re-apt ear in her great impersonation of the Jewish maiden i , ttil further notice. In order o give due effect to tais most remarkable suczes of the season, entirely new scenery by the celebrated artists Messrs. Danson and t-ons, ale Thompson. New dr es,s and appointments have be n prepared for its production.—N. it. In consequence of the , ‘,ressing and numerous applications at the Box-offi:e, ar- Ingement, have now been made by which Seats m .y be ob a Fortnight in Advane. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, MY PRESERVER. After which, the l'a'cony Scene from ROMEO AND JULIET. Alt ses Swanborough and Wilton. Followed by the Fifth Act of MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Concluding with the Great Burlesque, ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE : Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton ; Ides dames Swanborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, dal Commence at 7. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Re-engagement of those celebrated artistes. Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews. —The greatly successful new Comcely every Evening. THIS EVENING, A DAY AFTER. THE WZDDLNG. 31r. F. Hot:Anson and Miss Hen.ert. At a quarter before 8. the successful new Comedy, by L. Buckins!ham, Esq., entitled Tti E SILVER LILT IN 14 : yir. t harles Mathews, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr. Montague; Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling. After whiJh, COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. Charles 'Mathews. To conclude with UNDER THE R0,9.E : Mr. Ashley and Miss A. Cottrell. Commerce at 7. COALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COAL 4 . Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis' 26s. per ton. I Double 2ls. per ton. Top 2.55. „ Nut 5........ 19s. „ Deep ....225. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W. Best Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. TIME THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, lan be had Every Evening of G. It. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, April 20, 1864. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock 62 Barometer-30.20. Wind—E, ; moderate breeze, and very fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY.—Morning, lh. 6m.—Afternoon, lh. 26m. ro-MoEßow.-Morning, lh. 44m.—Afternoon, lb. 56m. • „ .„ • r ,.. - ;‹,:lekyviL it cik4.o - LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1864. We are glad to find that the Earl of DERBY has drawn attention to the new gun recently patented by Mr. MACKAY. When every Government except our own is on the lookout for improvements in its armaments, it is necessary for those who are in the position to command attention, to stir up those in authority to take advantage of the discoveries of British subjects, instead of leaving their labours to be appropriated by more enterprising and more iberal foreigners. Lard DERBY simply drew the attention of the Secretary for War to the report of Mr. MACKAY'S gun (an account of which appeared in The Sun last week), and after relating the ex traordinary advantages which it seemed to possess over other guns, the noble lord inquired whether the Government had taken any steps to examine into the accuracy of the report. He also asked what steps they were prepared to take provided that the gun was effective and was calculated to be utilised for the public service. Earl DE GREY and RlPosr said, in reply, that an cfUcer had been sent to Liverpool to make inquiries as to the character of the gnu a n d the results which had been obtained, and that the report of the trial ht,d been confirmed. But the noble lord went further, and endeavoured to underrate a gun which had proved to be eminently successful in its fi rst . and only trial, because heavier guns had done alm ost as much at the same range and might hereafter do more. He also said it was impossible to determine the value of the gun when it was fired at iron plates at a distance of only two hundred yards. We would ask the n o bl e l or d t h e Secretary fc r War, if this be Se, why so many thousands of pounds halve been expended in testing iron plates at that range, and why the Bellerophon target was pronounced a great success when it red sisted 63 and 100 lbs, shot at Shoeburyness at that distance ? Mr. MACKAY'S gun has penetrated a target as strong as the Bellerophon, if not stronger. It re. presented a portion of the side of the Agincourt, now being built for the Government by Messrs. LAIRD, of Birkenhead, who provided the tagct which was considered by competent judges to be of the best quality, and all that could be required. It consisted of an outer plate 7:t. square end 54 , inches thick of ro'led iron ; next came 9 inches of teak, then an inner plate or skin a inches thick, then angle iron and ribbing, and finally a backing up with timber balks and supports 18 inches thick. It is not expected that even the largest ship can carry much heavier plating than this, yet Mr. MACKAY'S gun sent a shot clean through this obstacle and carried a large portion of the target away with it. The principle on which this gun is constructed is perfectly novel, and if, as there can be little doubt from the result of the re cent trial it will do, if it Frove as effective at long ranges as it has done at 200 yards, it must produce a great revolution in the science of artillery. It is curious to observe that the most striking im provements in mechanics and engineering are often suggested by men who have been brought up in a perfectly different walk of life. Sir W. ARM STRONG, for example, belonged originally to the legal profession, but he nevertheless introduced hydraulic cranes and his celebrated breech-loading field-pieces. Mr. JAMES MACKAY, a timber mer chant of Liverpool, has upset all the theories of artillery engineers by combining the advantages of the smooth bore and the rifled cannon, and by turn ing to profit the windage which has hitherto been the bugbear of artillerists. Sir. W. ARMSTRONG, in his shunt gun, to a certain extent lessened the loss of initial velocity caused by the resistance offered to the projectile by the grooves of the barrel, 'out Mr. MACKAY obviates the resistance altogether and gives his shot a greater rotatory motion. The principle heretofore adopted in rifled cannon has been to allow as little windage as possible, and to impart rotation to the projectile by making it fit the grooves of the piece. Mr. MACKAY, on the other hand, has conceived the plan of having the grooves so arranged that, while the shot fits closely to their outer edge, the grooves are left open for windage. By this arrangement the gas has to travel some feet farther than the shot, and in doing this imparts a rapid and perfect spin to it. Now, as the shot does not traverse the grooves, they do not offer the same resistance to it, as in the case of ordinary rifled cannon, and there fore the pressure on the gun is necessarily decreased. Again, as the shot is not checked by the resistance of the grooves, its initial velocity at the mouth of the gun is as great as that of a shot from a smooth bore, while at the same time it possesses a greater rotation than an ordinary rifle projectile. We do not wish to enter upon the question which was raised by the noble lord the Secretary for War, as to the possible inaccuracy of the instruments used at Liverpool to ascertain the velocity of the solitary shot fired from Mr. MACKAY'S gun, but if there be any truth in the report of the result of that one shot, which Earl DE GREY does not deny, we think our conclusions are pretty well borne out by fact. The shot struck the target with a dull thud a little below the bull's eye on the right, and in the very strongest part, where it was backed up by the rib of the ship's side, the angle iron, and the timber balk. At the point of impact a perfectly circular hole was cut. The shot then powdered the teak, passed through the inner skin and the angle iron, shattered the timber balk into fragments, and was picked up 82 yards beyond the target, together with a circular piece of the iron armour, about 801 b. weight, it had carried with it through the back sup ports. The sand showed that it had spun to the last. About 70 fragments of iron, bolts, and frag ments of the inner skin and angle-iron 'sere picked up 100 yards from the target. The shot when found was reduced from 13 inches to 11 inches iu length, and increased about an inch and a half in diameter at the end which struck the target. The other end was uninjured. The whole target was forced back about six ino'ses, and so much deranged that m.re shots were not fired. After this, will any body say that the principle ought not at once to be tested to its fullest extent. To the country to wait for a perfect gun until some private individual has impoverished himself in discovering and perfecting a wea pon which it was the duty of the Govern ment to assist him in developing his inven tion. Mr. m ...ACKAY is independent of such patron age, or he would not have been able to astonish. the public in the way he has done, bat that is no reason why, if his discovery be of service to the nation, the nation should not recognise his claims. If there be any merit in the invention, it must necessarily follow that the strain upon the '.tece must be much less than in the present 'aystem of P: rifled artillery. Why, therefore, etnot this sys tem c be applied to the much a ,used, but y e t effec tive 68 pounders, whose Deily fault seems t o b e th e want of accuracy and force at long range. Earl DE GREY and RIPON has promised that the new gun shall reeeive all due attention. Let us hope that that attention may not be such as has been paid to too many modern improvements! Lord GRANVILLE has not made matters better as regards the Council of Education, and it will not elevate public opinion as to his discretion, though they may admire Lis candour in avowing it, to find that he declares himself to be responsible "officially, morally, and practically for what had taken place.' , He also saddles himself with the odium which Mr. LOWE incurred by bits hasty and abrupt declaration, for he proclaims that he would have made jast the same sort of answer. This may be deemed very magnanimous, and many may call it chivalrous, but it is really most absurd, and rather an insult to the House of Commons thus to reiterate that what that assembly has pronounced to be an injudicious course, is precisely the one which he would follow. It is strange that one of so much experience as the noble lord should not have known better than thus to commit himself, and, after all, what good did it do. He did not state that he intended to follow Mr. LOWE . B example; but he seemed to defy in quiry and to charge the House of Commons with conspiracy or ill-will for having presumed to meddle with matters beyond its ken. Lord GRAN VILLE laid great stress upon the appointment of a committee to inquire into the state of the case. This may be all very well, but there are two things to notice—first, that it is not quite the thing to talk of the appointment of a committee, as if it were an act of penance which it Lai to perform, for having presumed to pass an opinion on a subject of national importance; and next, that it by no means follows, as a predetermined fact, that the result of such inquiries and in vestigations prove condemnatory of the vote lately passed or subversive of the implied cen. sure. Of course it is not pleasant or palatable to be told either privately or publicly that one's con duct or mode of action is unfitting or unsuitable, but it is sometimes needful to make these assertions, and utter these unwelcome truths. After the hubbub and commotion that has ensued it may doubtlees be deemed advisable to prove more justly the facts of the case, but it does not in consequence follow that by this means the House will undo its previous decisions. To begin with, it is a very dan gerous practice and a most unwise custom for the Council of Education to interfere and alter the re porta of the Inspectors. The evils of the system are manifest to all who will take the trouble to think on them dispassionately and unprejudiced. It confers a sort of arbitrary power on the autho rities which it is not safe for them t:) be invested with. It may be all right, but at the same time it may be all wrong, and it certainly affords the chance to the censors and critics of expunging all that offends their pride, departs from their views and militates against their wishes. The idea of such a supervision is not in accordance with the national spirit. It is no-English, and if, as Lord GRANVILLE says, it is the plan adopted by all the other departments of Government, the sooner a change is made the better. How can the truth be got at it so many rival claims are put in, and such various opinions influence the information that is afforded ? How can the In spectors perform their task properly if they are tormented with doubts, harassed with fears, and perplexed with misgivings as to this passage offending and that paragraph annoying the some bodies or the nobodies who arc to sit in judgment upon them. It is very natural for officials to cling to the shadow of their forms and ceremonies, but when everything around us is undergoing a change, why is bad mar_ apment to be stationary and mis chievous meddling to be retained in our departments of State ? This is a difficult matter to decide upon, but the Government have not gone the right way to work to adjust the difficulties of the case by setting out from the outset in so arbitrary and consequen tial a manner: Irritating one's opponents is not the way to take from attacks their sting or their victory, and to deny that there is any truth, or right, or reason id the assertions of the opposite party is a very impolitic course. At all events, this has furnished another item to the many exciting and eventful discussions of this stormy session ; and it will not have been all talk without effect if, in con sequence of the strife and turmoil that have arisen regarding the management of the Council of Edu cation, more fair play and free speaking are allowed, and thus a better and more correct opnion can be formed of its merits. The difficulty of dealing with our convict popu lation does not lessen upon examination. Wise legislators, experienced administrators, and zealous philanthropists can not only not agree on the best and safest course, but not one of them is able to bring forward a scheme which shall remove exist ing obstacles and reconcile c)nflicting interests. The first interest to be considered is undoubtedly that of the honest man who has a claim on the Govern ment which he helps to support, and the laws which he faithfully obeys, for protection against the violence of the ruffian or the fraud of the swindler. This fact is, however, very often lost sight of by our humanitarians, who reserve all their sympathy for the thief or the villain who is caught, not for the inoffensive citizen who is robbed or maltreated. Yet they have in some degree reason on their side, too. The homes, the parents, the associates, the training of the convict class have all betn calcu Wed to drag them down to the very lowest depths of humanity. They have had to contend from childhood against temptations of fearful strength, unsupported by any counteracting agency. But it is impossible for the law openly to recognise these mitigating circumstances. It will not do for the magistrate to inquire minutely into the circume stances of the burglar or garotter's early life, and then, in consideration of his drawbacks, to let him oft from the punishment due to his crimes. It was to solve this difficulty that the ticket-of-leave system was introduced, which appeared at first to answer the question, but either from an ofiginal fault in the system, or from careless or improper administration of it the results have been such as to occasion loud calls for a complete change. Last evening, upon the motion for the Penal Servitude Acts Amend ment Bill going into Committee, Mr. ADDERLEI moved the entire abandonment of the ticket-of leave system. The right hon. gentleman, who is something of an authority in these matters, having devoted to them long and careful consideration, spoke clearly and sensibly of many of the disad vantages attending the system, not only as regards the public, but as it affec's the men themselves. The great difficulty appears to be this, that if tae ticket-of-leave is to be any check upon the man, or any protection to the public, it aonly he by means of strict police supe . - , *etching, and this is P vision and regular e ' esolutely fatal to the man's getting or retair.:ing regular and honest emplo - flint ' ° I the other hand, if no super . - as i on atter is .epted, and the man is trusted to report himself, the ticket-of-leave is practical:l valueless as a check upon the convict. We are afraid the amendment which was carried against the Government last night, although politically important as a further proof of the weakness of the Administration, will be practically of very little benefit. It may be possible to carry out the plan proposed in Ireland, but in this country even our own skilful detectives will fail to enbree its fulfilment. The amendment pro posed by Mr. HUNT to clause 4, was to the effect that if a ticket holder should neglect to report himself at the police station of the district where he resided on the first day of every month, he should be deemed guilty of a misdemeanour and forfeit his ticket. A very prudent precaution, doubtless, with the solitary objection of its utter impracticability. How is such a rule to be enforced in our thronged and changing- cities, with constant un watched traffic, from place to place, from city to city, from one part of the kingdom to another? And supposing even that it could be rigorously enforced, how is a man so watched to retain hi s emp l oyment with the known prejudice of English workm en aga i nst con victs—a prejudice which in its sturdy honesty and strength defies alike the theories of humanitarians, and the kindly efforts of employers to " give the man a chance ?" Yet, are we to say that these men must be shut out from the great safety valve of their energies, the potent reformer honest labour ? If we do, we are eealiog their doom, and ticket or no ticket makes very little difference, as they will soon be inside the prison walls again. The subject is beset with problems, for which we fear the true solution is as yet undiscovered. The only established principle seems to be to remove long sentence men to a country where they can really be of valuable service to the honest members of the community, and their work therefore no longer at a discount; while for those on short sentences we must try and discover what amelioration of labour, what small indulgencies and other rewards may serve to take the place in some degree of tickets of leave, unto at least the inconsistencies attending them ahal have been in some measure reconciled. THE STUPENDOUS FRENCH NEWSPAPER called Is Grand Journal, which has recently appeared, and is the longest and broadest journal in the world, is about to pub• lish an unedited romance by Dumas, called " The Citizens of Paris," which is said to be something in the style of Sue's " Wandering Jew." _ _ M. GODARD has, it is said, discovered the means of preventing all danger in ballooning by never ascending. A CRUEL REFINEMENT OF LUXURY.—The skin of the astrakan, which is so much the fashion in Paris, and is so excessively dear, is procured in all its beauty by kiding the black sheep that is bearing young, and skinning the lamb thus untimely born, as the skin is thus rendered beautifully fine. The Japanese lately compared us to the most barbaric natives of the earth. If they heard of this fashion of les Francais would their respect increase ? A SEVERE PUNISHMENT FOR GOING TO SLEEP. —Yesterday an old man named Silas Skinner, about sixty years of age, was charged before the county magis trates at Rochester, with going to sleep in the open air. The accused was observed by police-constable Empson, 100, to go behind a straw stack between four and five o'clock in the morning, and lie down to go to sleep, when the officer immediately pounced on him and took him into custody. The accused said he had nowhere to sleep, The Rev. Mr. Marsham, the presiding magistrate, 'told the prisoner he was " an almost incorrigible character," and sentenced him to six weeks hard labour—,South pastern Gazette. THLI SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, 1864. THE ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Wachtel as Arnoldo in " Guglielmo Tell.' Rossini's grand four-act opera of " Guglielmo Tell"—produced (as already notified in The Sun) for the first time this season at the Royal Italian on Saturday—was repeated with magnificent effect last evening to a brilliant and most appreciative audience. Whenever this noble composition is pro duced at any one of the great lyrical establishments of Europe, its performance, quite as a matter of course, takes rank among the " events" of the year. It is not simply that " Guglielmo Tell" has the re putation of being the great maestro's masterpiece, it enjoys the fair fame of being—in its character as such, as Rossini's masterpiece—one of the most superb productions ever contributed by operatic composer to the treasures of the lyrical drama. The pathetic beauty of the " Gazze Ladra," the tragic power of the same gifted (in some respects incora pirable) master's " Otello," the sparkling, tient, one might almost say, dazzling comicality of the " Bar biere di Sivigtia," great though they are and widely though they are appreciated yield the palm to the rarer combination of con trasting yet harmonious merits, constituting the pe culiar and exceptional charm, fascination, witchery, even, may we not call it ? of Rossini's latest, of Rossini's greatest opera " Guglielnao Tell." It is not—let us say this at once, however, now that we are referring thus pointedly to the 'especial and dis tinctive claims of " Gugli e l mo aboued in those most exGqicaiasnitdeOcrpo tion—it is not that this upon our admire a n ican giftsbe satiqdutos all from the han- e of any g reat musical composer— golden large'es (squandered around by some of them SO of !) that we treasure up thenceforth, so to speak, as so many precious amulets—those Haunting Melodies, we mean, that are the Glories of Song, me lodies that once heard are never forgotten, each of them complete in originality, each, so to express it, "one entire and perfect chrysolite." It is not, we say, that Rossini's " Gugliehno Tell" • commands our ad miration as an operatic masterpiece " set" with these the rarest of all the gems of song. For—spelt from that lovely choral jubilation of the Swiss pea santry, familiarly known in this ecuntry as coupled, in our English vernacular, with the words " Green hills of Tyrol," a warbling, exhilarant, hilarious melody, that seems to breathe of the mountain air of those lands of freedom (it matters little whether it refers to the Tyrol or to Sa itzeriand)—apart from this one world-famous choral melody, and from 9 the delicious dance music lavished in prodigal variety upon the great scene of the Opera, the market scene, that is, in the third act, im mediately before the apple is shot from the head of Tell's boy by the arrow of that Hero-Marksman-- there are in Rossini's operatic masterpiece but very few, if indeed, for that matter, there be any other, even momentary snatches of those peculiar and Haunting Melodies we are here speaking of, those melodies that, once heard, cling lovingly thenceforth to our most grateful remembrance. It is in the weaving together of the harmonious witcheries, or wiz irdies, it should rather be said, of his marvellous gifts as the great maestro among Operatic Composers that Rossini, has, in this glorious work of art, revealea powers attesting his full right to precedence, to pre-eminence. to supremacy above them all. From the first ascending notes of the violincellos, with which the wonderful Ov er t ure o p ens , t h roughout the whole of the four act s o f th e Op era to the final chorus of the emancipated P:,dsan try, the e xu lt ant chorus chaunted as th curtain falls at the cl ose o f this ,patriotic I . - Gwent, i monti, e la citta Alain tonant e un gr id o so l o Pe' cieli e t o s pi egas ti ii volo ra g r i i iel ae w l io T bert thel el proclaims by that asre rsh ip Marvellous as a .. m .u ct s s i of a Rossini's u. score absolute la mastership every note and bar woven concerted pieces are perfect studies, indeed, as so many veritable fests.of art in musical composi tion. There is one passage occurring —like a distinct episode, as one may say—in the great Overture, that has a wondrous beauty of its own, typifying, as it almost seems to us, precisely this paramount and, distioctive merit of the whole Opera, as a v-ery labyrinth of intricate and dexterous liarneonies. It is a passage—this—in which, by astonishing involutions and inter minglings of most delicate sounds, the violins, tte hautboys, the triangles, and the horns nog only " weave the warp I l ea weave the woof" but, together, way© up, asit were, a very embroidery of hanll °l . Les, Altogether, surely— (not the overture ., alone, but the whole of this grand opera) - -a wondrous composition! The libretto 01 it —even with the exquisite historical incident it uns de,rtake; to illustrate—like the run of these unhappy librettos—is, if the truth must be spoken, very much indeed, of a failure. The love story about Arnold and Matilda, intertwined, moat mistakenly (as we for one must ever think), with the patriotic historical tale about Tell and Gessler—is with the very feeblest imaginable interest, as a love story. There is but one effective situation ; in truth, in the whole Opera, meaning, of course, the Shooting of the Apple, if, we here except only that one of the Gathering of the Cantons at the end of the second act, an incident, happily, suggesting to Rossini that inimitable finale, in the working out of which the spirit-stirring crescendo leads, at last, with a start ling aplomb to that sudden rush down to the foot lights of all the choruses, sword in hand ! Their rush down to the footlights to the single (and signal) cry, All; armi !—uttered, just once, to the crash of the whole orchestra, as the curtain descends ! The cast of the opera yesterday at the Royal Italian was identically the same, of course, as the one which attracted so large an audi ence to Covent Garden on Saturday night, the night of the first performance of it this season in that g rea t ly r i ca l esta b l i s h me nt. And the impression then produced by the principal artistes to whom the chief characters had been allotted, was, let us say it brisily and at once, to the full confirmed. Signor Wachtel, who took the town by storm only the other day with his Man rico, has now, by his impersonation of Arnoldo, securely and (so long at least as his rare powers shall in the mere course of nature last) permanently established his reputation. Marvellous though that wonderful high ch e st no t e o f his, the C above the line, the ut de poitri ne , t h e C di petto, unquestione ably is in the silvery and resonant fullness of its vibration—it is not simply by any such "cape d'opera" that h e extorts that nightly crash of white kids and those choral shouts of bravo, bravisaimo. As a ppertaining to a primo tenore the whole amp le compass of his noble and lovely voice, charms his delighted audience into admiration. Besides which, his management of that voice of his, has so clearly and so vastly im proved, it has so advanced, e xpanded, and risen since the date of his appearance originally at the Royal Italian, for every brief interval only, a couple of years ago, that we have full confidence in his future as a young Chief of Song, who will not rest satisfied merely with the high position he has already at tained but will, on the contrary, sedulously continue his efforts as hitherto, (let him exult, if he will, to remember, up to this hour, his triumphant efforts), still further to rise and to advance in the general development of his powers as an Artist. While he is yet in the golden and hal cyon outset of his career in his art—as one of the recognised exponents of which ho already occupies the foremost rank—he has the satis faction and the encouragement, though he should also bear in mind, too, the responsibility, of having so completely won a mastery over his audience, th a t they go "with him'' whithersoever he lists, whithersoever he chooses to lead ,them, with that magical voice of his ; and they (his audience) not only go with him, be it said, but they go with him enthusiastically. Herr Schmid'a maj es ti c organ as a veritable basso profando, an tine mistakeable successor at last to the great Lablache, produced as favourable an impression upon his Covent Garden hearers in Walter as that grand voice had done already a few evenings previously in Ore vise. Madame Rudersdorff's Jemmy was, we would say, hero., distinctly, as thrilling in its passion, as it was charming in its tenderness. Mdlle.Marießattu's Mathilde secured to her several brilliant triumphs during the evening. With a little more out-singing, and a trifle more auimetion iu his acting, Signor Graziani would leave us nothing to desire in the impersonator of the Patriot-Hero Tell. The mise en-scene throughout the opera is all that we have been so long accustomed to at the Royal I alien— the moonlit-lake scene being, in particular, singu larly beautiful. Orchestra and Chorus were still, as usual, loyally obedient to the potent wani of Mr. Costa. And, although the rival house had (in its turn) the peculiar attraction of Garibaldi's pre• sense, the immense area of Covent Garden last evening was, thanks to Rossini and Wachtel, very fully occupied. Garibaldi's Visit to Her Majesty's Theatre, The performances last evening, consisting of " Lucrezia Borgia" and a ballet divertissement, were honoured by the presence of. General Garibaldi, who, with a large party, occupied a box in the centre of the house. The general looked very tired, and sat hack in his box as if rather anxious to avoid demonstrative scenes. The whole affair, in deed, was much more quiet than might perhaps have been expected, and until the end of " Lucrezia Borgia," when Signor Arditi's "La Garabaldina" was sung and repeated, there was really no very great display of enthusiasm. It should be remem bered, however, that the major part of the audience must have been aw4re of General Garibaldi's fatigue, owing to the extraordinary amount of ex citement he has recently undergone in England, which is the true and only cause of his taking leave of us so soon. The national Italian hymn was sung before the opera; between the acts was given Signor Arditi's " Madre Italia ;" and at the conclusion of "Lucre zia" (as we have atrer,dy stated) the same com poser's " Garibaldina" was sung. The performance on this occasion was rendered further remarkable by the rentree of Madlle. Titiens and M. Gassier, who sustained respectively the characters of Lucrezia and Duke Alfonso ; and the first appear ance as Orsini of the new and admirable contralto 1 1 / a dlle. Bettelheim. Mr. and Mrs. Seely accompanied General Gari baldi, with whom were also General Mordini, Col, Missori, Col. Chiosso, Col. Feard (Garibaldi's " Englishman"), Lieut.-Col. Chambers, Menotti Garibaldi, Ricciotti Garibaldi, Dr. Basiiio, and Mr. Negretti. Amongst the company present were— The Dake and Duchess of Montrose, the Duchess (Dowager) of Sutherland, the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, the Duke and Duchess of Wellington, the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, the Duchess of Manchester, the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, the Earl of Dudley, the Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde, the ' Marchioness of Downshire, the Marquis of Blandford, the Marchio ness of Ely, the Marquis of Blandford, the Marchio ness of Ely, the Marquis of Sligo and the Ladies Browne, the Countess of Macclesfield, the Earl and Countess de they, the Earl of Lonsd ale, the Earl and Countess of Hardwicke, the Eat]. of Carlisle, the Earl and Countess of Gainsborough, the Earl of Aylesford, the Rid. and Countess of Malmesbury, the Countess of Sefton and Lady Cecilia Molyneuz, the Viscount Curzon, the Viscountess Gort, Lady FL Vane, Lady Mary Curzon, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord Otho Fitzgerald, Lord G. Fitzgerald, Lord Sandys, &c. Prussian Circular Despatch, The following despatch forwarded by Herr von Bismark to the King of Prussia's diplomatic agents abroad has been received at Mr. Reuter's office : " Berlin, April 15. " Sir,-03 the 1&h March last the Danish Go vernment addressed to its diplomatic agents abroad a despatch, which is nothing but a long indictment of the civil commissioners of Prussia and Austria in the Dochy of Schleswig. Although th's docu ment only came to the knowledge of the King's Government through the journals and communica tions of its representatives abroad, we have not considered that we could allow to pass unanswered the imputations which it contains f and which were of a character to place In the most unfavourable light the policy of which the commissioners are at this moment the agents. " A great number of the accusations in fact re- fate themselves, for whoever has not lost sight of the end which we pursue in the Dochy, and has taken the trouble to compare the measures cen , ured by the Danish Government with the just preten sions whose realisations the present war is destined to obtain. Nevertheless, we only considered our selves bound to speak in our defence when acquainted with the foots of the case, and after having taken positive information upon the grievances mentioned in the Danish despatch. The result of this information is recorded in the memo randum of which I have the honour to transmit to you a copy. " It results from this memorandum that part of the grievances specified by the Danish Government are devoid of all foundation, and rest upon nothing but pure invention, or at least upon entirely incor rect information. "As to those which refer to the measures really taken by our commissioners, they are a fresh proof of the strange pretension of the Danish Govern ment, which appears to believe that the occupation of Schleswig by the allied Powers had no other end than to continue the system of oppression which it had too long made prevalent in the Duchy. In all the districts which had been submitted to this op pression the allied troops were nailed with en thusiasm by the population, and the commissioners had no other task than to put an end to the abuses to which the country was a prey, and to restore to it the rights whose re-estiblishment has been the sole end of the occupation. It is evident that in order to accomplish this task they could not employ those who had hitherto been the instrument of this system of oppression, and who had no other mission than to stifle by every possible means the na tional sentiment and the attachment to law in the tweet of the German populations. The school and the Church were especially in the hands of men partly strangers to the Duchy, wanting in the qualities required by law and by the duties of their trust, and having no other title to the functions confided to them than their blind devotion to the policy of the Cabinet of Copenhagen. " A good part of the pretended enormities with which the allied Powers are upbraided find a very natural explanation in the state of war which at present weighs upon the eounti y, and imposes upon our generals the imperious obligation of looking before everything to the security of their troops. Among the measures of this kind may be princi pally mentioned the arrest of spies, which no army in the field has hitherto been obliged to tolerate in its neighbourhood. "The political and administrative measures of which the Dinish Government complains, and which it has taken pains to distort and represent in a false light, have only had the effect of redressing the wrongs of the unjust and vexatious system which, during 12 years has oppressed the German population. It is natural that, in order to put an end to the oppression, it has been necessary to re move its agents, at least those among them con spicuous by their fanaticism. "A conscientious judgement of the conduct of our civil and military authorities in Schleswig must convince every impartial man that they have acted with all the consideration which the exceptional condition of the country allowed them. " I invite you, M---, to read this despatch to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and to leave with him a copy of the same, and of its appendix. (Signed) " VON BIEURri" RoSSINI having given a grand soiree very re cently at Paris, it has been sardonically remarked that while there were a dozen morceaux of music in the pro gramme, out of there 3nly 12 were by Rossini. _ _ M. GUIZOT is correcting the proofs of his reply to Renan, to be called " Meditations Religieuses." FIRE LAST NIGHT.—Last night, between nine and ten o'clock a fire broke out in the London and Man chester paper .hanging establishment, 91, St. Martin's-lane. The fire raged with great fury for some time, and entirely gutted the premises. By the exertions of the firemen and a good supply of water the fire was got under in a short time, and confined to the building in which it originated, NARROW ESCAPE OF GEN. BUCKLEY.—Gen. Buckley, M.P., had a miraculous escape on Saturday. While proceeding in his barouche to the Crystal Palace one of the horses took fright, when both ran away and the car riage was overturned and smashed, but the gallant general was not materially hurt, though bruised. The footinan's shoulder was injured, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] GARIBALDI AND THE FRENCH EMPEROR. PARIS, APRIL 20 (MorniDg), The Illoniteur of to day says :-- " The Morning Star and the Daily News assert that Earl Clarendon, in the name of the British Government, promised, as a concession to the Em peror, that Garibaldi should shorten his stay in England. This statement is entirely incorrect. No observation was made to Earl Clarendon by the French Government on the subject of Garibaldi." The Constitutionnel, on the subject of the Con ference, says ; "France intends to maintain the treaty of 1852, but, should the Conference find that that Conven tion no longer harmonises with the present state of affairs, and wish to replace them by a fresh combi. nation, the French Government, in conformity with its principles, would not consider itself entitled to dispose of the population of the Duchies before they , had been consulted." The same paper refutes the statements of certain foreign journals in which the mod© of voting in the Duchies waa announced as decided—viz., by uni versal suffrage—and adds : " France is aware that in such qaes ions the usages of a country should serve as a guide." SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 20. The Germania has come into dock. Her cargo will be transhipped into a vessel chartered for Hamburg under the Etigii,3h The Germania will not proceed for Hamburg, but will remain here and Rail hence for New York direct on the 4th May. SANTO DOMINGO, MADRID, APRIL 19. Advices from Santo Domingo state that the town of Palama and the insurgent garrison, together with the stores of provisions and ammunition, had fallen into the hands of the Spaniards. The Government is now preparing for a decisive campaign in autumn: ROME. ROME, APRIL 20. The Emperor and Empress of Mexico had an audience of the Pope yesterday. They have visited the Basilica of the Vatican, the ex-King of Naples, the Neapolitan royal family, and Cardinal Antonelli. Yesterday evening their Majesties gave a dinner party, followed by a reception which was attended by the cardinals, the Pontifical ministers, the diplomatic corps and the Roman nobility. THE FALL OF DYBBOL, We (limes) received the following telegram from our Special CJrrespondent : " GRAVENSTEIN, APRIL 19, 2.12 A.M. " By the capture of the forts on the heights of Dybbil, 2,600 Danish soldiers, 40 officers, and 90 guns fell into the hands of the Prussians. " The tete de pont, on the mainland, which the Dines held fora short time, has been taken, and the bridges burned and destroyed. " The awes hive crossed into the Island of Aleen. " The Rolf Brake arrived too late to take part in the defence of the works. SI - le was struck by some shells and retired. The Danish general, Duplat, is killed. The Prussians have also lost many offi,;ers.'' MEXICO. General Santa Anna, the er-Dictator, and his Eon, who had been allowed by the Regency to ie. turn to Mexico, have been again expelled. Santa Anna, on arriving at Vera Cruz, had signed a for mal acknowledgment of the authority of the Em peror Maximilian, as the legitimate Government of Mexico, and pledging himself to abstain from any political demonstration whatever. But he had scarcely landed when he violated his engagement by issuing a manifesto to the people, stating his motives for returning to Mexico, denouncing the Liberal party, and speaking in flattering tertze of the,Conservative9 and the French intervention. an the 12th of March an order from General Almonte, countersigned by Gea;eral Bazaine, arrived at Vera Cruz, directing Santa Anel'a to be placed on board the C.ilbert, and taken bank tt Havannah. FRANCE. Preparations are being made at the Palace of St. Cloud for the reception of the Emperor and Em press. The marriage of Baron de Lacrosse, Secretary to the Senate, to Mlle. Helene de Gombanit was cele brated yesterday at the church of St. Sulpice. The witnesses of the bridegroom were Marshal Count de Regnault St. Jean d'Angely. and M. de Lacrosse, a relative; and of the lady, Viscount de Barrel, Senator, and Viscount de Mauroy. M. fhuillier, President e 1 Section at the Council of State, is at present suffering from a tumour in the shoulder, which will, it is feared, necessitate an operation. BOURSE, April 19.—The market opened at an advance, but the improvement was not long masn tained, as sales for realisation to a considerable amount were soon afterwarcli made. Threes, which commenced at 67tr. 70c., are now at 67fr. 45c, Mobilier, after having been done at 1,300 fr., are last quoted at 1,285 fr. The Mexican Loan is negotiated with 1 per cent. premium. The sub scription goes 00 very satisfactorily. Railway Market quiet, but pretty firm. The quotations closed as follows : 41 per Cents .. 93 50 Do. end month.... 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 35 Credit Mobilier 1270 Do. end month 1280 Bank Shares 3300 Credit F ander l3lO Roman RA IL' Italian Loan 69 30 Do. end month 69 30 New ditto — Do. end month — Russian Austrian Spanieh T b.rees .• • Rome Debt Deferred , 46 VAY6. Cash. Account. 895 - ~ 900 -- 985 - .. 985 - Orleans , ... Northern New ditto •.. Lyons and Mediterranean New ditto Southern Western Eastern •• • . Sardinian Austrian [.ow bard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona 957 50 .. 957 50 900 - 630 - .. 680 - 502 50 502 60 485 - .. 482 50 375 - 375 - 425 - 427 50 560 - 563 75 505 - 501 25 585 - 580 - THE Loss OF THE Ball EMIAN.—A Board of. Trade inquiry into the loss of the Montreal Ocean Steam ship Company's screw steamer Bohemian on the Abdens Rock, near Cape Elizabeth, coast of Maine, on Feb. 22 last, was opened at Liverpool on Tuesday, before Mr. Raffles, stipendiary magistrate, and Capts. Cowe and Harris, nauti cal assessors. The circumstances of the wreck have already been recorded. The vessel was an iron screw steamer, valued at £90,000, and had on board at the time of her wreck a cargo valued at from £150,000 to 1;200,000, also her Majesty's mails, and 19 cabin and 200 steerage passengers She left Liverpool on the afternoon of Feb. 4, end on the 22d encountered very cloudy weather, The same night sound ings were found in 48 fathoms. A little after 7 p.m. the captain observed Cape Elizabeth lights bearing N. W. by W, and distant as he thought 8 or 9 mites. Signals were made for a pilot to come aboard. Shortly afterwards a buoy was seen on the starboard, and though the engines were promptly stopped the vessel struck directly afterwards. She began to fill rapidly. The captain (captain Borland) headed her for the shore, and then ordered the boats to be launched. In doing this boat No. 2 was swamped, and 37 passengers and six seamen lost. The other five boats got to shore, and boats No. 1 and No. 5 again returned and took off the cap tain and about 76 passengers and seamen, who remained to the last. The captain, the cumpany's agents, and the inha bitants of Portland used every exertion to provide assist enc.° for the unfortunate emigrants, When the evidence had been partly heard the'oaurt adjourned until this morning. 9 ,„>4 g i 3Ontt 4 HER MAJESTY. _ WINDSOR CASTLE, April 19. The Queen, attended by Lady Augusta Stanley' drove out yesterday afternoon. Major-General Seymour was in attendance e n horseback. His Royal Highness Pr into Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone, left the Castle for Greenwich Park. Their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena eta Princess Louise, attended by Lady Caroline B"" rington, the Hon. Emily Cathcart, the Hon. Lt e Y Lyttelton, and the Hon. Mortimer Sackviile We' r ' went to London yesterd a y a ft ern o o n, and were present at the Philharmonic concert iu Hanov er ' square. The Duchess of Wellington siiived at the Castle , and had the honour of dining with the Queen, t he King of the Belgians, and the royal family. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Helena, walked and drove in the ground s this morning. The King of the Belgians took leave of her 1O jesty to-day, and left 'Windsor Castle for Doverie9 route to Brussels. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred accompan i° the King to London. Tneir Royal Hi g hn e s ses P r i ncess Helena tin Princess Louise, attended by the Hon. Emily Cl th ‘ cart, went to the railway station in Windsor his Majesty. The King was attended by General Count cl ! Moerkerke, Dr. Koepl, the Earl of Caithness, an d Lieutenant-Colonel Du Plat. Prince Alfred proceeded is the afternoon to Sandringham Hall on a visit to the Prince of W r a ith attended by Major Cowell end Lieutenant. Departure of the King of the BelgianS• Yesterday afternoon his Mojesty the King of the e Belgians took l e av e o f th e Q ueen at 'Windsor Ca st ' e ' and, accompanied by his Royal Highness Pri nce Alfred and their Royal Highnesses Pri neesse s Helena and Louise, d rove t o t he Wi n d sor s t a tion (i f the South-Western R a il wa y, w h ence h e pr oceede d to Dover oa his way to Brussels. The King attended by Count de Moerkerke and Dr. Ke e p ~c (who arrived with him f rom B e l g i um ), an d by t' Earl of Caithness and Lieutenant-Colonel Du I? I t ' t i ; Prince Alfred was a tt en d e d b y M a j or C owe ll 10 Lieutenant H.ig. The King of the Belgiani lc ° also attended by M. Van de Weyer, the Bel go .Minister, who accompanied his Majesty to Dov er ‘ At the station his Maj es ty, w h o l oo k e d excee dingly well, bade adieu to the Princesses Helena 613 Louise, and then, with Prince Alfred, proceedfra t° Loudon by a special train provided by the Eastern Railway, which was in charge of A ir ' Godson, superintendent of the South-Western Po e ' as far as Waterloo, bat was accompanied by Me • W. Eborall, the general manager of the Soo Eastern Railway, and Mr. P. Knight, the supE:; l°. tendent. At Waterloo, which was reached at 3.45, of ter 6 run of 40 minutes, the South-Western engine 156 detached and that of the South-Eastern compa y l b substituted, when the train moved slowly thro ud the station to the platform on the iron bridge wl crosses tho Watcrloo-road. Here Prince Al ic e d took leave of his venerable relative, and, atte c'c le by Major Cowell and Lieutenant Haig, drove t o t he terminus of the Great Eastern Railway at Bisi 00 . gate, which he left shortly afterwards for Sand,ri ham, en a visit to the Prince and Princess of lAr a les ; Toe South-Eastern train then proceeded ei ref . to Dover by way of the Charing-cross line , J ° charge of Mr. Knight, and on arrival there 1316 Majesty went to the Lord Warden Hotel, wher a l le proposed to pass the night. Ia the evening the King entertained the o mandant of the garrison and the officers at di a ne t ; His Majesty proposed to leave this morni; A ten o'clock for Ostend. REMOVAL OF THE COURT TO OSBORNE.- .'"M . rangements were made yesterday for the departure c rf b et Majesty and the royal family to Oaborne, which it Li e r pected, if the weather continue fiae and the wind sui a O le/ wi 1 take place to-day. Tneir Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prin ces ° of Wales are not expected to leave Sandringham for 1Y Ear l ' borough House before Saturday, the 30,12 inst., or Mot (15)' ' the Ist proximo. The Marquis Camden and the Ladies Pratt 1 ia ce arrived at their residence in Grosvenor-square front T he Wilderness, near Sevenoaks, for the season. The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury sae tertained a select party at dinner yesterday evening, Lt family residence in Arlington-street. Capture of the Steamer Bavaria b; ir Danish Frigate. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) HAMBURG, April I[ 9 ', Pilots have brought in the news to the maul company that the Hamburg and American ( 10131 ; patty's mail steamer Bavaria, which left Ham burg for New York on Sunday, the 10th inst., wags c u p . tured by the Danes yesterday. SOUTHAMPTON, April 19 (Evenii r g).' A telegram hers been received here this ev . e 4113° which states that the Hamburg and American .001310. pany's steamship Bavaria, bound from Hamby. rgl, New York, via Southampton, has been capture 113) a Danish frigate off the mouth of the Weser. 4 The Bavaria had a large number of passenge re 0 . board, and the value of the ship and cargo is ° 511.. mated at £120,000. hi 6 The Bavaria ought to have arrived here early - t „ morning to receive the Frencia and English por of her cur, and was to have sailed for New V T at mid-day on Wednesday, as advertised. e'cb The same company's steamer Germania, vr-. 1 1 art ived here this morning from New York, ie Ott detrained in the river, off Netley Hospital, awa itif g r orders. It is not likely now that she will leave °I Hamburg, as her passengers have been fended t uy proceed to their destination via London. 0 0 It is expected that the Ge rmania will disc,%3l.vril her cargo at this port, to be reshi pp ed in Enill°o bottoms for Hamburg, and th at she will sail fr° this port for New York direct. RUMOURED RETIREMENT OF LGRD CARLISLV': The Dublin Xvenzng Ind gives currency to a rumour i" the effect that the customary term of his Lord Lieutereed having expired, i t is the wish of the Earl of Carlisle to ret ir fi capacity. Should tilt.' e o and that he possih,:v may not re t u rn to Irelaild °be rumour prove correct ,(say k ilt Evening Mad], we need 21ardly say that his excelle• nel s ic lL with him the kindly carry r egards and good wishes o.` N EWSYEN DRS' BEN . classes of the Irish people. EriT v/a AND PROVID- 0 sT hiITUTION O ETOL .—The 25:h anou'il meeting of t i 3 members of this institution was held last : venin g Jones, the secretary, read the report, which a t t Exchange, Fleet-street, Mr. Kennedy in tl b it , 3 a c t l e tsi I t ' l ; a t eta h r e , t society had been steadily progressing during the ,Pa6cethad, The amount distributed in pensions and temporary re.- increased during that period to £6l 8s 4d, the funded OOP: to over £2,000, and a balance of £2l to be carried to D e r , " account. The annual festival had produced a profit oft 2 ,, v ; and a similar sum had been realised from a benefit a ' - „ T Haymarket Theatre. During the existence of the Foci"' £520 had been paid in pensi,ns, and £l6O in temporary e' lief. The provision that the pensions should be pa id elb 01 / e from the dividends on the funded capital kept the na,, : Of of pensioners low, but greatly added to the stability t iwnasstifituvtei,on. and a T n h o e the n r u N ni vo b a e l r d o b f e psehnosritolyneerlsecntoewd oTniateheßitit:ti in; cial statement showed that the donations during the Ye:3 had amounted to £lO4, and the annual .subscriptiors to Li 4, The total receipts had been £252 IN. 7d., and the total 01 expenditure, including th© purchase of £lOO stock, 11 0 the payment of £55 to pensioners, £26 1 168. 2d., I ° l ' ll ' 6 balance of £2l 3=. sd. On the motion of gr. The seconded by Mr. Hall, the report wits adopted. Th e CO1:v mittee and officers for the ensuing year were then elected/ and other routine business havit g been transacted, the meeting concluded with a vote of thanes to the chairmail. THE WRECK OF THE CITY OF NEW Yollg.' QUEENSTOWN, Tuesday.—Throuehout last night a strong south west breeze was blowing. Shortly before 1:10013, to day, the City of New York divided in two, and disappeared immediately, The Albert Victor lifeboat, named after the infantf Prince by permission of his Royal Highness the rf int* htin 0 Wales, will undergo the usual harb our trial of self lig !. self ejecting the water, &c., o f the boats o f the National Lifeboat Institution in the Regent's Canal decks LitjtehQuseA to morrow, the 21st inst., at two o'eloes.